The Psychedelic Furs clearly enjoyed performing as much as the audience at the Kool Haus enjoyed watching them.

Led by an animated Richard Butler, who sings in a Sprechgesang style, the Furs' songs came alive on stage. Opening with Love My Way and continuing with a handful of hits, including President Gas, Ghost In You and the familiar Pretty In Pink, the title song to the 1986 John Hughes' film of the same name.

Kylie Minogue wowed her fans Friday night at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto during her first ever Canadian performance.

The anticipation was thick before the start of the show, as there was a half hour delay from the scheduled start. No opening band. Just hordes of glamorous couples, eager to get their dance on. In darkness, among shrieks of anticipation, the 20th Century Fox theme song boomed from the speakers. Then she made her grand entrance.

Descending atop a metallic skull, Kylie was fabulously clad in a Jetsons-meets-Barbarella outfit, only with puffy boas on top. She kept the crowd on its feet for most of the two-hour-long disco-laden set, which included about a dozen costume changes, an athletic crew of hot, young dancers, a laser light show and video projections.

Toronto will get its second scramble crossing this Friday -- this one at the busy intersection at Yonge and Bloor. This follows in the footsteps of the well received experiment at Yonge and Dundas where the city's first scramble crossing was implemented just over one year ago.

I spent my Nuit Blanche in Zone C, starting in Liberty Village and making my way along West Queen West from Dufferin St. to just east of Ossington Ave. Here's a look at what impressed me most along the way.

The most memorable moment for me came in front of a busy Queen West sidewalk near The Drake Hotel. An elaborately dressed woman was enticing passersby to create their own award for themselves or someone else.

After wandering into several art galleries along the strip that smelled of freshly painted work, I awarded my Nuit Blanche companion the Sexiest Sneezer Award. She was led to a podium, where she stood, got sprinkled with sparkles and received the award, complete with a stamped certificate of authentication. Brilliant. But is it art?

Fever Ray brought a loud, smoky and somber show to the Kool Haus on Friday night.

This was the first time that Swedish singer Karin Dreijer Andersson (of The Knife fame) has performed in Toronto and I'm not sure I knew what type of a show to expect. Certainly not a show so dark, brooding and theatrical.

By 9:30 p.m. the Kool Haus was still less than half full. The good-looking, mostly 20-something crowd was starting to grow, but the venue was far from sold out. We could've been treated to a more intimate show at the Mod Club, given the numbers of tickets sold.

Shortly after 10 p.m., a dark figure appeared on stage to light up about 60 sticks of incense. If that wasn't enough, a never-ending smoke machine flooded the stage, making way for the awesome laser show that was to follow.

Matt and Kim know how to play to their audience. The duo singer/keyboardist Matt and drummer Kim kept up the energy throughout their 75-minute set, getting the crowd more hyped with each song Thursday night at Reverb.

Matt Johnson and Kim Schifino have some catchy tunes, even if they all sound pretty similar. What Matt lacks in vocal range he more than makes up for in enthusiasm. Which is what really counts when playing to a raucous, all-ages crowd.

"My first time in Toronto was when I was 11 or 12 years old," shouted Matt, a few songs into the set. "It looks like some of you are only 11 or 12."

Indeed, this was one of the youngest crowds I've ever seen at a Toronto concert. I didn't even mind them shouting along to all the songs this time, unlike the Regina Spektor show a couple of weeks ago.